Meghan Trainor - Me Too | Bass Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the bass synth from the 2016 song "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Me Too" bass patch and play this iconic sound on most hardware or software subtractive synthesizers (Serum, Vital, Pigments, Prophet, Korg, Moog, etc). We've included the preset download directly for your convenience, but we strongly recommend you use our programming tutorial to recreate it yourself.

Original Audio

The quirky bendy synth bass in Meghan Trainor’s “Me Too” appears from the intro and underpins the verses throughout the track. It is a rounded square-wave synth with a low-pass filter and a fast filter-envelope that creates a sharp “pop” transient on attack. Portamento/glide between notes produces the characteristic note-to-note bends. Short delay/doubling is used to widen the part in the stereo field.

Our Remake of The Bass Synth sound

This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the bass synth from the song "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor, giving you a reference point as you design your own synthesizer preset. Play it as often as you need to familiarize yourself with the nuances of the sound.

Synth Patch Programming Recipe

Getting Started

• Start by initializing your synthesizer to a plain saw with no filter, modulation or effects. For soft synths use the "init"/"default" preset or the the button to reset allx parameters to their default factory values.
• No two synths are exactly alike, so treat the values below as approximate, and use your ear.
• Percentage values (e.g. 50%) represent the relative position of a knob or slider within its full range. The full range of each parameter may differ from synth to synth, so use your ear.

Voices

• Voice Mode: Mono
• Glide Time: 0.120 s Always

Oscillator Setup

Oscillator 1

• Mix: 71%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Square (position 153)
• Routing: Filter 1
• Random Phase: 0%
• Transpose: 12 st
• Morph:
• Spectral Morph Amount: 4%
• Spectral Morph Type: High Pass

Oscillator 2

• Mix: 48%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Sine (position 0)
• Routing: Filter 1+2
• Random Phase: 0%
• Morph:
• Spectral Morph Amount: 49%

Sample Oscillator

• Sample: White Noise
• Routing: Effects
• Level: 4%
• Random Phase: On

Filter Settings

Filter 1

• Model: Analog
• Style: 24dB Slope
• Blend: Low Pass (0)
• Cutoff: 59% (665.081 Hz)
• Resonance: 0%
• Modulations:
• Env 2 → Cutoff

Envelope Settings

Envelope 1 (Amp)

• Attack: 0 ms
• Decay: 461 ms
• Sustain: 51%
• Release: 341 ms
• Routed to:
• EQ Band Gain (30%)

Envelope 2

• Attack: 0 ms
• Decay: 257 ms
• Sustain: 0%
• Release: 90 ms
• Decay Curve: Exponential
• Routed to:
• Filter 1 Cutoff (16%)

Effects Processing (Ordered)

Eq

• Band Cutoff: 457.855 Hz
• Band Resonance: 56%
• Band Gain: 0.06 dB

Delay

• Mix: 100%
• Delay 1
• Sync: Frequency
• Frequency: 9 Hz
• Delay 2
• Sync: Frequency
• Frequency: 7 Hz
• Feedback: 8%
• Filter Cutoff: Default (60)
• Filter Spread: Default (100%)
• Style: Stereo

Global Settings

• Pitch Bend Range: 5 st

Modulation Matrix

• Envelope 2 → Filter 1 Cutoff 16%
• Envelope 1 → EQ Band Gain 30%

Note: the patch settings may slightly differ in the Syntorial challenge.

Explore More

• Me Too (Meghan Trainor song) – Wikipedia
• Me Too – The Meghan Trainor Wiki (Fandom)
• Me Too – Meghan Trainor (YouTube upload with credits)
• Ricky Reed: Producing Lizzo – Sound On Sound (interview/profile of producer Ricky Reed)
• PopCrush: Producer Ricky Reed interview (discussion of Reed’s production work)

Preset Downloads

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• Vital